Weather-strip.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

W. H. ETTER.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE25, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

' .WILLIAM H. ETTER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

OF MARI-ETTA, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP! Patented June-1 9, 1906.

' Application filed June 25,1904. Serial No. 214,174.

.To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Er'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marietta, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements inweather-strips.

The object of the present invention is to im rove the construction of weather-stri s an to provide a simple, inexpensive, and e cient one of great strength and durability designed for use on doors and windows and capable of" effectually excluding the air and adapted to conform to any irregularities of a door or window.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a weather-strip of this character adapted to be applied to a fixed portion of a door ,or window casing and capable of 'firmly clamping a door or window. sash when the same is closed;

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, il u'strated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, ;size, and minor detailsof construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of t vention.

In the drawings, Figure .1 is a perspective similar view .illustrating the arrangement of the clamping-flange when the door is closed.

Like numerals ofreference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- IIIO'S;

1 designates a weather-strip constructed of'resilient sheet metal and. consisting of two straight flanges 2 and 3, presenting smooth flat faces at both sides and arranged at an angle to each other and adapted, respectively,

I to be secured to a door or window casing and e advantages of the into engage the door or window sash. The flanges 2 and 3, which form an acute angle, are arranged at an angle slightly less than ninety de rees and more than forty-five degrees. T e flange 2 is provided at intervals with erforations for the rece tion of fastening evices 4 for securing t e attachmenting. (Not shown.) The attachment or stationary flange is arranged flat against the inner side face of the door-casing, and the clam ing-flange is arranged contiguous to the a utting ace 6 of the strip or ortion 7 against which the door 8 abuts, an when the flange and flexes or ben s the same backward against the abutting face6 to a position at right an lesto the attachment-flange, whereby the c amping-flan e is caused to firmly en age the door. he clamping or readily yield or conform to any irregu arities of a door or window, and in order to enable it to fit closely and effectually close any crevices it is provided at its engaging face with a suita 1e fabric. en the oor is closed, the stationary or attachment flange is, arranged at the outer or free edge of the door, and the the side faces of t e oor. 7

It will be seen that the weather-strip is extion, that it is light, strong, and durable, and that it is adapted to be readily ap lied'to a door or window casing. Also it wi 1 be clear that when the door or-window is closed the clamping-flange is flexed or bent from its normal position and owing to the resiliency of the material of which the weather-strip is constructed firmly engages the door or win- .the strip of felt, which forms t e yieldable lining for the clamping-plate, effectively engages a door or window and that it is supported by the clam ing-flange throughout its entire area, where y 1ts durability will be much greater than the projecting unsupported portion of felt strips of many weatherstri s. 1

' flbving thus fully described my invention,

what .I claim as new, anddesire' to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A weather-strip constructed of resilient material bent longitudinally to form two straight longitudinal flanges of regular form,

door 8 is closed it enga es the clampingmovable ange is resilient and is ada ted toceedingly simple and inexpensive in construcdow. Furthermore,'it will be apparent that strip to a door-easing 5 or to a window-caslinin 9, consistin of a stri of felt or other movable or clam in flange engages one of which present smooth flat faces to the surface against which the strip is to be applied,

said flanges being arrangedat an angle to each other, which angle is less than ninety degrees and more than forty-five degrees, one

of the flanges forming an attachment-flange f'other, one of the flanges being secured flat against the frame or casing and arranged against the free edge of the door or Window when the latter is closed, and the other flange being movable and extending outward from the frame or casing and arranged to be automatically bent backward to a position at right angles to the attached flange b a door or window in closing, the said movab e flange engaging one of the side faces of the door or window when the latter is closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have'hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ETTER.

Witnesses:

QUINoY A. GATES, STEPHEN H. MILLER. 

